The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-12-26, Page 4Page 4—Lucimow Sentinell, Wednesday, December 26, 1979
The year 1979
January
111
review
Lucknow Co-op open new store and warehouse
The Lucknow District Co -
opened their new store
and warehouse on Huron
County Road 1, just south of
Lucknow on Wednesday ev-
ening, January 17, with the
official ribbon cutting Gere-
. mony following their annual
dinner meeting.
Warren Andrew, the
youngest member of the
Lucknow Co-op, son of Wil-
liam Andrew, a director on
the Co-op board; cut the rib --
bon assisted by Jack Curran,
one of the oldest members of
the Co-op..
The president of the Luck -
now Co-op, Doug Cameron,
was master of ceremonies for
the meeting and- the ribbon
cutting ceremony. He said
that the new, store and ware-
house will provide a service
to menibers and the Co-op
patrons ` that should make
Lucknow Co-op members
justifiably proud. Cameron
said that "that the facilities
will provide a much higher
level of service for the
members which has been
badly neededfor some time
and that the board of direc-
tors is proud to announce
that the cost of the facilities
is on budget." The property
committee met weekly, on
site, during the store con-
struction, he said, and after
experiencing the bankruptcy
of the general contractor,.
which resulted in a five week
delay in construction, the
Co-op moved into the new
location on December 18,
1978.
In his report to the mem-
bers,. Cameron said that the
competitive pricing and ris-
ing operating costs resulted
in a break even financial
statement, even though the
volume of business increased
in 1978,
Co-op manager, Nelson
Hill, said in his report, that
he was pleased with sales,
which increased in every de-
partment during 1978, and
he was also "pleased to be
associated with Lucknow and
be part of a new era at
Lucknow."
The expanded store and
warehouse space at the new
Location will allow all the
farm supplies, hardware,
Fire destroys home
A sec'ond'house fire in the
Lucknow area in thepast two
weeks .has left three people
homeless.
The home of Art Woodcock
in St. Helens and its contents
were completely. ' destroyed
early Friday morning'by fire..
which is ' thought to have
started in the corner of the
house by a .Quebec cook
stove. Mr. Woodcock burn-
ed coal in the stove to help,
heat the. house.
Mr. Woodcock, his house-
keeper,. Laurene Ross and
her 16 -year-old son, Chuck,
narrowly escaped injury
when they were awakened by
their cats meowing around 3
a.m.
Mrs. Ross heard the cats
and went downstairs to see
why they were making a
fuss; and, discovered the
main floor of the house full of.
smoke. Her screams awak-
ened Mr. Woodcock and her
SOIL
, They called the Lucknow
District Fire Department but
were forced, from the house
by the intense smoke before.
they could give the iocation
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of . the fire to Fire Chief
George Whitby.
The three fled to Allan
Cranston's home next door
where they woke the Cran-
stons and tried to call the fire
department. The Cranston's
phone was dead, because
they are on the ,same party
line as Mr. Woodcock and
the;. fire had put out his
phone.
Mr. Woodcock then -went.
to the home of Ross Erring-
ton, a block away, where he
was able to turn in the fire
alarm.
Ripley rink smiling
The Ripley Ladies Curling
rink oniy won one. game;
when they 'competed in the
Southern Ontario Ladies Cur-
ling Finals in Peterborough
last week, but ` they . were
given a standing ovation
from the other players at the
victory party for being such
Build
School
The. Lucknow District
Christian School Society de-
cided to begin construction of
a Christian School in Luck -
now, in the spring of 1979 at
a meeting .on January 5.
Fund • raising drives and a
canvass will raise money for
the -school.
Ruth Geertsma of the
Board of the Lucknow and
District Christian School Socl\
iety told the Sentinel in a
letter, that the .school is not
to be a school open to only a
few families. "We heartily
welcome anyone to join our
society who feels Christ -cen-
tred education is the best
way to train as child," said
Mrs; Geertsma.
Religious instruction is not
something that should be
added to the curriculum said
Mrs. G.eertsnia in the letter.
"We want it to be an integral
-part of the curriculum."
good, sports.
The Ripley rink of Diane
Brooks, Hilda Andrew, Dian-
ne Farrell and June Paquette
started off the tournanient•on,.
a winning note by defeating
Stayner" 9 - 5. Stayner,was
the other rink from a small
town and also found compe-
tition againstthe city rinks
very keen.
The Ripley rink lost to
Orillia 10 .- 4 on Monday
afternoon and to Oshawa 10 -
4 and. Boulevard 11 1 on.
Tuesday. They played King-
stonand lost S 1 on
Wednesday morning and de-
cided to change their game
for the afternoon' game ag-
ainst Kingsville.
They played ` Kingsville
Wednesday afternoon and
lost 5 - 1 and St. Catharines,
who won the competition,
defeated them 8 - 3. on
Thursday morning.
The teams at this . compe.
tition were really top-notch,"
said Hilda. Several of the
spectators, .who came ' to
watch, commented that the
•'Curling was better than that
seen in competitions on tele-
vision. The city rinks practice
every day and in some
instances are coached. One
rink is coached by a profes-
sional. They even use stop
watches to time their rocks,
The Ripley rink . has only
been playing together since
before Christmas, when they
got together to play in the
district competition at Wing -
ham. i
The girls may -have been
losing their games, but they
never lost their sense of fun.
T'�i'heir mock' -expressions of
disbelief, when they missed
a rock, kept the spectators in. e
stitches, They tried »to keep j
their sense of fun said Hilda.
"It got a little tricky, but we t
kept smiling:
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seed and chemicals to be sold
from one location.
Three directors were elect-
ed to a three year term on the
board of directors during the
annual meeting. Doug Cam-
eron who had completed a
three year term, stood again
and was re-elected. Doug
Martyn, who was eligible to
stand again, retired after a
three year term and Albert
Taylor retired, not being
eligible to stand again, hav-
ing set'ved two three year
terms. Bill MacPherson and Rain was held in the ware -
Charles Wilkins were elected house on Saturday evening,
to 3 year terms. as part of the grand opening.
A Grand Opening was held
at the -new store on Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday,
January 18 - 20, with opening
specials and tours of the new
facilities. A dance to Summer
Bus crash victim
cried inRipleyv
One of four'' Weston CoI-
legiate students, who were
killed in a crash between .a
chartered school bus and a
loaded tanker trailer . on
highway 400, north of Barrie
last Thursday, was buried in
Ripley Sunday. '
Scott James'Cameron; '15,
is the son of Murray Cam-
eron, Toronto .formerly of
Pine . River and his. wife, the
former Oral Finlayson, . form-
erly. of Huron 'Township.
The bus wasone of a
convoy of seven headed for
Mount St. Louis; where the
students were planning to go
St udents
'et.
extended
holiday
skiingon their annual out-
door education day. The
crash occurred at an S-bend
on the slush covered road
about three miles north of
Barrie. - .
The bus, second in a line of
five, skidded as it came off
the curve, crossed the, high-
way and ended up in a snow -
bank. It was struck by a
tanker; Loaded with flour,
which demolished the rear of
the bus, tearing' the bus in'
two.
Four students died, five
were critically, injured, 15
others, including the tanker
driver, were in serious con-
dition and 16 suffered cuts
and bruises.
Scott is survived by his
parents, , one sister, Susan,
Prince George, British Col-
umbia, and his grandmoth-
ers, Mrs. Violet Cameron,
Pine River and Mrs; Verna
Finlayson, Ripley.
The funeral was held Sun-
day afternoon at 2.30 p.m.
from ; the MacKenzie and
McCreath Funeral Home,
Ripley and burial followed in
Ripley Cemetery.
fishes for the N
We Wish ibee of health
to everyone in the New Year
Many thanks to everyone
The first snow storm of the t
winter gave the area school
children an'' extended Christ-
mas holiday, when blowing.
snow and drifted roads prev-
ented school buses from
travelling their . routes. .
The storm covered an area.
from Goderich to Kitchener
and Owen Sound to London.
Highway 21, north of Port
Elgin, was closed on Wed-
neday. and on Thursday
morning it was closed north
of Kincardine.
People who did venture
out into : the storm on Wed- '
nesday and Thursday, came
into town to stock up on sup-
plies and left for home
without delay.
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Bill's Place
Ruth and Brill Bogues
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